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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1924
Page
3
May 19124 community notes record farmers preparing Planter work and church attendances. Regular correspondent reports local visits and social events including parties, lectures, and music. Mention of school commencement May 22 with plans for diplomas and address by Supt. Gant. Also notes forthcoming fall show and local highway prospects. Health ad for Herbine ends piece.
May 15 report notes unfavorable weather hindering cotton planting with many replants expected. Local visitors include John Young of Dublin and Aubrey Graham with car fever spreading. Birth announced for a nine pound girl to Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Graham of Potess. Several residents attend events in Brownwood and Port Worth. Condolences extended to A. K. Stacks family. A light rain fell Monday night.
Regular correspondent notes no Sunday service at Vandyke due to singing. Reported dinner stretched from Comanche to The Bacon. Rev. Parsons from Georgina preached at Baptist church. Residents recall a large crowd and good rain helps farmers plant cotton amid grasshoppers' arrival.
May 14 notes show J. K. Gressett and wife visiting Port Worth parents J. T. Gressett and wife. Edgar Reid returns from school in Port Worth to his parents Mr and Mrs. John Reid. Willie Mull joined a Van Dyke singing event. Miss Hearthal Frazier teaching near Lataesa returns home. G. J. Matthews made a Comanche business trip. Jot Gressett Joel Northcutt and families attended Comanche church Saturday night. A light shower occurred Monday night in the community.
A light shower fell last night as farmers hoped for fair weather to get cotton pelluted. A large crowd attended a singing convention at Vandyke on Sunday. Several residents visited relatives in Cisco, Comanche, Proctor, Abilene and Shiloh. Next Saturday is crave Yard working day at this place. all interested should bring tools.
Tribames Jim White and J. F. B. Chowsen with Mrs. Nuina Harris visited Comanche last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Palmer left for Wree to attend the Shriners convention. Mrs. Robert Tally and Mrs. James A. Greer with Miss Faye Wyatt Evelyn Elms and Frankie Greer visited Comanche Monday. Archie Boyd, teaching at Preeton, has returned home as his school closed Friday. Bow Speed and family of Comanche spent Sunday here. W. O. O. Bennett and family of Stephenville were guests of I. Sadler and family Sunday. Thanel Johnson will preach at Fleming at Sop om on the third Sunday in May. The public is invited to attend.
May reports mild health with a few new measles cases. Rainy spells hinder cotton planting while singing at Vandage drew crowds. Residents traveled to Brownwood for events. Briar Grove closes Friday the 16th for measles. School term ends with Miss Bernice Hensler returning as teacher for next year.
Gustine Tribune notes its fourth volume this week as it recalls starting three years ago with the Gustine Publishing Company publishing the Tribune. It praises growing subscriber lists, thanks subscribers and merchants, and pledges continued effort to provide a paper worthy of homes and public support.
The Hayes family honored Grandma Hayes with a birthday dinner May 2. She turned 14 in a humorous nod to the day while relatives brought gifts including a knives and forks set and a coffee pot. Grandpa Hayes nears 90 as the couple celebrates 65 years of marriage with 14 children and many grandchildren present.
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